Choppy- and jumps around time and location wise and sometimes mentions something to be gone into later which can be confusing when come to it again. Begins with Plymouth colony 1620 - Patent situation, combination formed, dealings with Indians. Shifts to Massachusetts colony - Salem 1629 and Boston (Charlestown) 1630. People stop coming over 1640 because religious situation changes back in England but before that there multitudes coming over every year 1630-40. More politics than day to day account. Affairs of Councils, Courts, and the Commission - ecclesiastical affairs - Indian affairs.